George Ellerby

George Ellerby (1958-) was the head of the Special Investigations Unit of the Massachusetts State Police during the 2000s.

Biography
George Ellerby was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1958, and he was a veteran member of the Massachusetts State Police before being appointed director of its Special Investigations Unit. In that role, he cooperated with the FBI to fight organized crime in the Boston area, and one of their targets was Irish Mob boss Francis Costello. Ellerby worked with FBI agent Frank Lazio to track Costello down, and, with the help of Colin Sullivan (a former mole for the Costello Mob), Ellerby succeeded in getting the police to track down and kill Costello and most of his crew members at a cocaine pickup in 2006. Ellerby was a Republican Party supporter, strongly supporting the PATRIOT Act.